LMR Reviews

"The readers are not holding the items in their hands before buying, and they do not have the option to try them before buying. Reading an article from someone like themselves, who has had this chance, brings them closer, and that is the purpose of the LMR review."

Last Monday I have been contacted by the people from makerbeam.eu asking if I would be interested in using their starter kit to build a 3D printer or similar machine. As I was actually planning to start working on a small CNC mill for PCB's I agreed instantly :) Makerbeam sent my kit on it's way on the same day, and knowing my intentions they also added bearings and extra long screws to mount them. Thanks makerbeam.eu people :)

Practical Maker's I2C HD44780 LCD/Keypad Backpack is a basic, inexpensive little LCD backpack that is unique in that it combines a standard 4x3 keypad input with a standard HD44780 LCD. It has all of the necessary housekeeping functions like set cursor, cursor left, cursor right and backspace as well as basic single digit key press input /recognition. All on a single I2C address using the normal Arduino Wire library.

Brooksware2000 (Curtis) nicely sent me a couple of ATMega 328 chips flashed with the Arduino boot loaders, since I had mentioned that I wasn't set up to flash the chips I had myself. He included an Arduino clone board he made, and asked me to let him know what I thought. And so I bring you a review of the Hobbybotics Hobbyduino Mini!

Recently, Ro-Bot-X send me three boards to evaluate. I had previously ordered his Robot Builder's Shield V1, and commented with some constructive feedback and a review on it after using the board for Penny.